The Jefferson Highway Blazing the Way from Winnepeg to New Orleans |
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| Author:
| Henry, Lyell D. Jr. |
| Series title: | Iowa and the Midwest Experience Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60938-421-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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The Jefferson Highway, the first book on this pioneering road, covers its origin, history, and significance, as well as its eventual fading from most memories following the replacement of names by numbers on long-distance highways after 1926. Saluting one of the most important of the early named highways on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, historian Lyell D. Henry Jr. contributes to the growing literature on the earliest days of road-building and long-distance...
More Description The Jefferson Highway, the first book on this pioneering road, covers its origin, history, and significance, as well as its eventual fading from most memories following the replacement of names by numbers on long-distance highways after 1926. Saluting one of the most important of the early named highways on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, historian Lyell D. Henry Jr. contributes to the growing literature on the earliest days of road-building and long-distance motoring in the United States. For readers who might also want to drive the original route of the Jefferson Highway, three chapters trace that route through Iowa, pointing out many vintage features of the roadside along the way. The perfect book for a summer road trip!